Hog tongs



May 27, 1930. w, w 7 1,759,970

HOG TONGS Fild Nov. 5, 1928 INVENTOR. Refer/M 147/7417? A e/k H W ATTORNEY.

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20 drawings.

7 I f: holding small; hogs.. a

7 a "Forthe sake of'ligh nes'szan fJ de ice is made-of steel; though obviously it may be made ofanyother materialcompat-,." r I "45ibletwith-its purpose'withoutkafiecting myin-- j ea teate M v FREDEBIbKWILL1AM WELK, or'r'iVrAR EsAn, wisco'nsm t HOG YTONGS i i "I Application filed l q'ovemb er vision of a hog catcher and holderfwhi'ch while simple and inexpensive in construction is highly efficient and is welladapted to ;w1th- 5 stand the rough usage to' whichhoghandl-ing 'devices are ordinarily subjec ted, V

To the attainment of the "foregoing, them:

vention consists inthe improvement as here inafter described and" definitely claimed.

10 In the accompanying drawlngs, .i orm ng Figure 1' is a side eleifation of the preferred embodiment of myjinvention'. V I t 1 Figure 2 isan 'edge elevation 0 A V 5 Figure'B is a fragmentary side elevatlon with the jaws of the holderinopenpositions q and difierently. arranged from Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts'in allof the views ofthe I 7eAmong other elements 'niy novel j deuice' i comprises two long handle members 1 vand 2,

' arranged closetogetherinfside by side paralt flelis'm; and pivotally connected vtogether t at t 25 so that each-memberfhas;a l0ngrear arm v andffa short forward armg i would alsosay sthat'by preferencethemember 2 has asupple-w yme'ntal jpivot-pintlej receiving aperture 4,

j Figure 1', sothat said member zmay bejs hi:t"t'- "1 '20 'edJ-with respect to the-point ofpivot 'gonnectio n, Figure3, as when itisdesiredby adjust'-,,

for catchingandfment to adapt the device The member Z'at its' forw memberiliismerged curvilinear-jaw; 7,15 reversely arranged in lelspace'd-relationtosaid1'j'aw 5. .1

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' 'I have specifically described the 1p 1 v rdj end hasfa' ilateralofisete, Figure ,2 n at its ovum/fend? said Oifis'et -G carries a lcomparative1y short -v to I In'jtestimony whereof my signa-tur d-; strength the' Yiising thedeviceyanoperatorij'withthe. Q f

a fde iceinhandapproaches a hog from therear a and slips thej'awsfi.and-=7.oyervthehog7s'neck, v 1

9 "whereupon the j'aw5 will restlunderithe hogs -5,;192s., Serial No. 317,234. g

throat'and when'the handle members 1 and 2 [are moved'from the position shown in Fig- 11re, 1- toward a closed position the jaw 7 will i pressagainst the cords or muscles in the neck 3 up V andioaujsethe hogtoremainquiet; The 01% fsetting'of the jaw 7 -is materially advane tageon's-because the point at which said jaw 7 presses against the neck of the-hog is spaced-- from that where'the jaw -'5Jrests under the'- t 'neckandconsequently the jaw 7 is. more efan ficient in performing the function. ascribed.

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Practical use of the device as disclosed has 7 demonstrated the fact that itlis highly efi ficient in ho'ldinghogs incident'to vaccinaca tionor ringing-of the animals. j

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' donot desireyhoweveryto be understood 7o: limiting myself tothe precise; construction shown'and described, my invention'being dea "fined by my appended claim within the scope ofwhichimodificationsmay be made without} V "departurefrom the principlelof the inv'en t1on. j "Havin claim described myinvention, A and deslre to' -securelby Letters Patent,

A} hog catcher" and" holderflcomprising j handlemembers piyotally connected together, and having long and; short: arms, the; short arms of the members being equipped iwithjreversely curved jaws one ofwhich is smaller than the other, andonejofktlie said shorearms; 7

having at -its forward end alateral'ly extending angular arm by; the-outerenjd ofwhi'ch fl thesmaller aw is carried whereby'said small 1 jaw is 'positioned'in" spaced parallel relation;

to the other jaw.

.q RED RIoK WILLIAM WELK 

